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D-Index
72
Citations
17192
World Ranking
1765
National Ranking
752

D. Branch Moody publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where D. Branch Moody sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 242 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

D. Branch Moody D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where D. Branch Moody sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

D. Branch Moody is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on immunology, microbiology, medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work is concentrated in the following main fields of study:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their research further explores multiple subfields, including:

  • Immunology
  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology

Key topics within their research portfolio cover:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding

Their publication record includes contributions to journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have 24 publications, along with multiple papers in Nature Communications (6), Frontiers in Plant Science (5), the Journal of Clinical Investigation (3), and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3).

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by D. Branch Moody include:

  • Microbiology Spectrum, 2022, published in Microbiology Spectrum
  • Efficient and precise single-cell reference atlas mapping with Symphony, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • Single-cell eQTL models reveal dynamic T cell state dependence of disease loci, 2022, published in Nature
  • Multimodally profiling memory T cells from a tuberculosis cohort identifies cell state associations with demographics, environment and disease, 2021, published in Nature Immunology
  • Co-varying neighborhood analysis identifies cell populations associated with phenotypes of interest from single-cell transcriptomics, 2021, published in Nature Biotechnology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Key coauthors include:

  • Ildiko Van Rhijn
  • Tan-Yun Cheng
  • Megan Murray
  • Jamie Rossjohn
  • Soumya Raychaudhuri

Best Publications

  • The burgeoning family of unconventional T cells.

    Dale I Godfrey;Dale I Godfrey;Adam P Uldrich;Adam P Uldrich;James McCluskey;Jamie Rossjohn;Jamie Rossjohn;Jamie Rossjohn

  • CD1c-mediated T-cell recognition of isoprenoid glycolipids in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

    D. Branch Moody;Timo Ulrichs;Timo Ulrichs;Walter Mühlecker;David C. Young

  • Structural requirements for glycolipid antigen recognition by CD1b-restricted T cells.

    D. Branch Moody;Bruce B. Reinhold;Mark R. Guy;Evan M. Beckman

  • Interpreting expression data with metabolic flux models: predicting Mycobacterium tuberculosis mycolic acid production.

    Caroline Colijn;Caroline Colijn;Caroline Colijn;Aaron Brandes;Jeremy Daniel Hofeld Zucker;Desmond S. Lun;Desmond S. Lun

  • The Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulatory network and hypoxia.

    James E. Galagan;Kyle J. Minch;Matthew Peterson;Anna Lyubetskaya

  • Apolipoprotein-mediated pathways of lipid antigen presentation

    Peter van den Elzen;Salil Garg;Luis León;Manfred Brigl

  • Mycobacterial Esx-3 is required for mycobactin-mediated iron acquisition

    M. Sloan Siegrist;Meera Unnikrishnan;Matthew J. McConnell;Mark Borowsky

  • T cell activation by lipopeptide antigens.

    D. Branch Moody;David C. Young;Tan-Yun Cheng;Jean-Pierre Rosat

  • CD1a-autoreactive T cells are a normal component of the human αβ T cell repertoire

    Annemieke de Jong;Victor Peña-Cruz;Tan-Yun Cheng;Rachael A Clark

  • Intracellular pathways of CD1 antigen presentation.

    D. Branch Moody;Steven A. Porcelli

  • Hepatitis B virus-induced lipid alterations contribute to natural killer T cell-dependent protective immunity

    Sebastian Zeissig;Kazumoto Murata;Lindsay Sweet;Jean Publicover

  • Molecular Interaction of CD1b with Lipoglycan Antigens

    William A Ernst;Juli Maher;Juli Maher;Sungae Cho;Kayvan R Niazi

  • T-Cell Responses to CD1-Presented Lipid Antigens in Humans with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

    Timo Ulrichs;D. Branch Moody;Ethan Grant;Stefan H. E. Kaufmann

  • A Comparative Lipidomics Platform for Chemotaxonomic Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Emilie Layre;Lindsay Sweet;Sunhee Hong;Cressida A. Madigan

  • A conserved human T cell population targets mycobacterial antigens presented by CD1b

    Ildiko Van Rhijn;Ildiko Van Rhijn;Anne Kasmar;Annemieke de Jong;Stephanie Gras

  • Efficient and precise single-cell reference atlas mapping with Symphony.

    Joyce B. Kang;Aparna Nathan;Kathryn Weinand;Fan Zhang

  • Anatomy of CD1-lipid antigen complexes.

    D. Branch Moody;Dirk M. Zajonc;Ian A. Wilson

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis pks12 Produces a Novel Polyketide Presented by CD1c to T Cells

    Isamu Matsunaga;Apoorva Bhatt;David C. Young;Tan Yun Cheng

  • Lipid length controls antigen entry into endosomal and nonendosomal pathways for CD1b presentation.

    D. Branch Moody;Volker Briken;Tan Yun Cheng;Carme Roura-Mir

  • The Tyrosine-Containing Cytoplasmic Tail of CD1b Is Essential for Its Efficient Presentation of Bacterial Lipid Antigens

    Robin M Jackman;Steffen Stenger;Agnes Lee;D.Branch Moody

  • Cd1b-mediated T cell recognition of a glycolipid antigen generated from mycobacterial lipid and host carbohydrate during infection

    D. Branch Moody;Mark R. Guy;Ethan Grant;Tan Yun Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Tan-Yun Cheng
Tan-Yun Cheng Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jamie Rossjohn
Jamie Rossjohn Monash University
Steven A. Porcelli
Steven A. Porcelli Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Adriaan J. Minnaard
Adriaan J. Minnaard University of Groningen
Dale I. Godfrey
Dale I. Godfrey University of Melbourne
Gurdyal S. Besra
Gurdyal S. Besra University of Birmingham
John D. Altman
John D. Altman Emory University
Michael B. Brenner
Michael B. Brenner Harvard Medical School
Catherine E. Costello
Catherine E. Costello Boston University
Stephanie Gras
Stephanie Gras La Trobe University

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